Whether any Bajans would be deported from the United States as part of the immigration clean-up authorized by President Donald Trump has not yet been officially communicated to Barbados.
If they must be sent packing, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley hopes the procedure will be carried out with dignity. She remarked, “I have not seen anything officially yet but I, like the rest of the world, have seen some numbers and I will wait to see anything that is official.”
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Mottley recently made a statement at the State House, “I certainly have asked my Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate to see what they can do to ensure that any sending back of persons will be done in a dignified way. I do hope there will be conversations that will allow countries that are receiving the time.”
Following Trump’s campaign promise to rapidly clamp down on those who could be in the country illegally, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been conducting targeted operations in several states since he returned to office. Online lists containing the names of thousands of people from Barbados and other nations have been making the rounds.
Mottley asserted that each country was allowed to impose its laws, “We have to recognize each country has a right to pursue its own policies and to protect its own laws. Whether we like the way in which it is being done or not, is a different story.”
